Vocab list #3 & #4 Flashcards

1
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Condescending

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Treating people as weak or inferior

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2
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Contemptuous

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Feeling hatred; scornful

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3
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Despotic

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Exercising absolute power;tyrannical

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4
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Dictatorial

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Domineering; oppressively overbearing

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5
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Disdain

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(n.) contempt; scorn (v.) to look down on

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6
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Haughty

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Arrogant; Vainly proud

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7
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Imperious

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Arrogantly domineering o overbearing

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8
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Patronizing

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Treating in a condescending manner

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9
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Convoluted

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Intricate;complex

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10
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Cryptic

A

Intricate; complex

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11
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Futile

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Having no useful purpose; pointless

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12
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Impede

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To slow the progress of

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13
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Obscure

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(adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct

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14
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Quandary

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A state of uncertain or perplexity

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